Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Speaks Truth on Public Health, Mental Health, and Our Well-Being

 

We haven’t figured out how to mitigate the social consequences of our modern lifestyle.

Vivek Murthy U.S. Surgeon General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic...
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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Speaks Truth on Public Health, Mental Health, and Our Well-Being

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As the nation’s top doctor, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy helps to advance the health and well-being of all Americans. He has described the growing youth mental health crisis in America as the “defining public health crisis of our time” and warned that social media carries a “profound risk of harm to the mental health of children and adolescents.” Murthy has also highlighted the employers’ role in supporting mental health for their workers and called attention to health worker burnout. In the recent Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in America, he highlighted the vital need to heal from the pandemic through community and connection.

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